It’s the constant dilemma of the pop science author: how to write something flashy enough to grab readers, but solid enough that it won’t be embarrassing in a few years when the science has moved on. Full scientific rigour entails tedious jargon and even more tedious equations, and nobody wants that.
Stuart Ritchie
Rules of behaviour
Robert Sapolsky discusses the regions of the brain governing fear and self-control. But not all his research convinces
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